The Department for Public Health recently updated the Yellow Fever Vaccination Center Application to allow pharmacists to apply to participate. Further detail can be found on the Office of Epidemiology webpage.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
HB 471 by Rep. Barbara Freiberg (R) authorizing pharmacists to order and administer and pharmacy interns and pharmacy technicians to administer immunizations to children aged seven years and older is scheduled for a hearing in the House Health and Welfare Committee on May 10. The Louisiana Alliance for Retail Pharmacies is urging chain pharmacies to take action to preserve patient access to children and families for lifesaving vaccines at pharmacies.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
Gov. Wes Moore signed the following bills into law:
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
In advance of the May 11 Public Health Emergency ending, the Massachusetts Board of Pharmacy announced the following on May 4:
For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.
The Department of Insurance has posted a draft rule pursuant to the PBM Licensure and Regulation Act. NACDS is currently reviewing the rule and intends to file comments by the June 9 deadline. If there are comments you’d like us to include in the letter, please send them to Jill McCormack by close of business on May 26,, 2023.
Also in Michigan, the Board of Pharmacy will hold a public hearing on Pharmacy – General Rules NOH 6.2.2023.pdf on June 2, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.. Written comments can be submitted to BPL-BoardSupport@michigan.gov. The open comment period ends June 2 at 5:00 p.m.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
The Conference Committee on SF 2995, the Health Budget Bill, has been appointed and is currently meeting to produce a final bill. The Conferees include Senators Boldon, Kupec, Wiklund, Abeler and Morrison; and Representatives Keeler, Liebling, Pinto, Schomacker and Bierman. Several key pharmacy provisions are in the mix including:
NACDS has been working with the Minnesota Retailers Association, the Minnesota Pharmacy Association and members to help advance and support these provisions throughout the session. Once the conference committee report is finalized, the bill will go before the General Assembly for approval.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Jill McCormack at 717-592-8977.
On May 1, Gov. Greg Gianforte (R) signed SB 112 (Chapter Number: 322), legislation allowing pharmacists to prescribe certain medications with limitations. In the coming months, the Board of Pharmacy will promulgate rules.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Sandra Guckian at 703-774-4801.
SB 57, legislation that includes PBMs in the definition of administrators and creating licensing requirements, passed the Senate on April 25 was heard in the Assembly Commerce and Labor Committee on May 3.
For more information, contact NACDS’ Mary Staples at 817-442-1155.
On May 2, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed A 1060: pharmacists administered contraceptives into law.
On the May 1 weekly NYRx Medicaid Pharmacy Benefit transition call, the State Department of Health reminded pharmacies that for the billing process for immunizations, there are different codes to use when billing for multiple vaccines and administration in the same day. Please see the following guidance.
For more information, please contact NACDS’ Ben Pearlman at 617-515-2603.